Meta Refutes Claims Of Using Pirated Adult Content For Ai Training

Meta Fights Back Against Piracy Allegations

In a bold move, Meta has firmly denied accusations that it used pirated adult films to train its artificial intelligence models. This statement comes as a rebuttal to a lawsuit filed by Strike 3 Holdings, an adult film production company, which alleged that Meta’s corporate IP addresses were tracked downloading thousands of adult movies via BitTorrent.

Strike 3 Holdings claimed that Meta pilfered at least 2,396 of its "award-winning, critically acclaimed adult motion pictures" to enhance its Meta Movie Gen and Large Language Model (LLaMA), along with other AI models dependent on video content.

Legal Pushback from Meta

Meta has responded by requesting a U.S. District Court judge to dismiss these claims, arguing that Strike 3's lawsuit lacks substantial evidence to show that Meta ever trained its AI models using adult visuals. "Plaintiffs go to great lengths to stitch this narrative together with guesswork and innuendo, but their claims are neither cogent nor supported by well-pleaded facts," the tech giant emphasized.

“The allegations are nonsensical and unsupported,” Meta stated, highlighting Strike 3's reputation as a "copyright troll."

Meta also pointed out that individuals, including contractors and visitors, may have utilized Meta’s internet for personal use over the years. Furthermore, Meta's AI terms of service explicitly prohibit generating adult content, directly opposing the lawsuit's basis that such content could be used for AI training.

Complexities of Network Monitoring

Addressing the criticism over network monitoring, Meta argued that tracking every download on its global network would be an "extraordinarily complex and invasive undertaking." This stance underscores the challenges tech companies face in managing vast information networks.

The lawsuit is part of a broader pattern where AI companies face legal challenges over using publicly available data to train models. Meta has previously been sued in both the U.S. and France over similar copyright concerns by authors.